The man who crashed a drone into and damaged a water-dropping aircraft as it fought the devastating Palisades Fire earlier this month was identified on Friday as Peter Akemann, a former UC ...

Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, agreed to plead guilty to one ... Quebec 1 −was grounded Jan. 9 after being hit by the civilian drone flying over the fire near the Pacific Coast, the Federal Aviation ...

By Katie Kilkenny Labor & Media Reporter Peter Akemann, the former president of Skydance Interactive, has pleaded guilty to flying the drone that collided with and subsequently grounded a Canadian ...

Peter Akemann, the former president of Skydance Interactive, has pleaded guilty of recklessly flying a drone that collided with a firefighting plane that was combatting the Pacific Palisades ...

Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, has agreed to plead guilty to ... in Charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office. "Flying drones during times of emergency poses an extreme threat to our firefighting ...

Peter Akemann, 56, has agreed to plead guilty to unsafe operation of a drone. A California man has agreed to pay more than $65,000 in restitution and faces up to a year in federal prison for ...

Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, agreed to plead guilty to one ... According to officials, the plane collided with a privately-owned drone, leaving a football-sized hole hole in the aircraft.

and ended up hitting a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft with their DJI Mini 3 Pro drone. That someone has now been identified as Peter Tripp Akemann—and both SF Gate and The Hollywood ...

Akemann is 'deeply sorry' and will plead guilty to a misdemeanor offense after his drone collided with an aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire in January. When you purchase through links on our ...

He’ll likely pay $65,000 and do community service. He’ll likely pay $65,000 and do community service. Sean Hollister is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets ...

Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, agreed to enter a plea to a ... "This damage caused to the Super Scooper is a stark reminder that flying drones during times of emergency poses an extreme threat to ...